MAINE SUNDAY TELEGRAM • October 17, 2021
Right now, the best hope is the Biden administration’s Build Back Better plan, which is subject to opaque negotiations in the U.S. Senate, subject to the whims of two Democrats, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema, and nothing can pass without their approval. What’s proposed is a system of bonuses for electricity producers who cut emissions and penalties for those that don’t. The idea is to smooth the transition from burning fossil fuels toward a clean-energy economy. Pushing through a law like that would move us toward meeting our climate goals. Failing to pass the bill could mean another wasted decade – time we don’t have. Fossil fuel-burning industries started global warming and only government has the power to stop it. Let’s not get fooled again. ~ Greg Kesich